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“ HEALTH  IS  A DUTY.”— Anon. 


mmen  consume  too  much  pood  and  too  little  pure  air; 

THEY  TAKE  TOO  MUCH  MEDICINE  AND  TOO  LITTLE  EXERCISE.” Ed. 


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OUR  LEGITIMATE  SCOPE  IS  ALMOST  BOUNDLESS  : FOR  WHATEVER  BEGETS  PLE ASU R ABLE 
AND  HARMLESS  FEELINGS,  PROMOTES  HEALTH  ; AND  WHATEVER  INDUCES. 
DISAGREEABLE  SENSATIONS,  ENGENDERS  DISEASE. 


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VOL.  VI.]  FEBRUARY,  1859.  [No.  2. 


CONSUMPTION— ITS  NEW  CUBE. 

Men  of  intelligence  and  reflection  are  falling  into  the  habit 
of  requiring  something  more  of  the  physician  than  his  advice 
and  his  medicine.  They  have  a curiosity  to  know  what  the 
remedy  is,  and  how  it  is  expected  to  effect  a cure.  Within  the 
last  few  months  millions  of  people  have  been  made  acquainted 
with  a very  hard  word,  with  the  previous  existence  of  which 
they  perhaps  never  had  any  knowledge.  But  it  is  often  desir- 
able that  men  of  an  inquiring  turn  of  mind  should  extend  the 
circle  of  their  acquaintance,  &c.  “ Hypophosphite”  has  been 

introduced  into  very  many  families,  and  received  with  a wel- 
come ; the  other  part  of  the  name  is  lime.  It  reads  in  full 
thus  : “ Hypophosphite  Lime,”  and  is  claimed  to  have  ability 
to  treat  successfully  scrofula,  consumption  of  the  bowrels,  and 
consumption  itself.  The  words  run  thus : “ The  cure  of  con- 
sumption in  the  second  and  third  (the  last,  Ed.)  stages,  ex.cept 
when  the  existing  lesion  of  the  lungs  is  of  itself  sufficient  to 
produce  death.”  That  is,  “ cures  consumption  in  all  cases 
where  there  are  lungs  enough  left  to  live  upon.”  It  was  re- 
ported, at  the  time  of  General  Jackson’s  death,  that  on  the 
examination  of  the  body  it  wras  found  that  one-third  of  his 
lungs  had  been  destroyed,  and  that  there  wTas  conclusive  evi- 
dence that  such  destruction  had  been  occasioned  twenty  years 
before.  If  this  be  true,  then  it  follows  that  a man  who  has 
two-thirds  of  his  lungs  left  may  live  twenty  years  in  reason- 
able health.  Therefore,  Hypophosphite  Lime”  can  cure 
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30  HalVs  Journal  of  Health. 

“ all  cases”  of  consumption  if  only  one-third  of  the  lungs  are 
destroyed. 

How,  as  the  lungs  of  a good-sized  man  hold  (that  is,  measure) 
two  hundred  and  fifty  cubic  inches  of  air — or,  in  other  words, 
can  emit,  after  one  full  breath,  about  six  tincupfulls  of  air,  it 
in  good  health,  it  follows  that  if  he  has  consumptive  symp- 
toms, be -they  ever  so  aggravated,  if  he  is  still  able  to  measure, 
;to  expire  four  pints  or  two  quarts  or  half  a gallon,  he  can  “ in 
nil  cases’’  be  cured  by  Hypophosphite  Lime,  M.  D.,  Esq.  Any 
person,  then,  who  is  in  the  latter  stages  of  consumption,  must 
take  two  steps  preparatory  to  discovering  one  more  essential ; 
one  is  merely  for  “ satisfaction,”  and  the  other  indispensible, 
first  pay  us  a fair  fee,  according  to  his  ability,  for  finding  to 
the  fraction  of  an  inch,  before  his  own  eyes,  and  to  his  full 
satisfaction,  how  much  air  his  lungs  measure  out,  which  we 
can  do  in  two  minutes,  with  mathematical  demonstrability, 
■and  then  if  he  can,  at  one  full  outbreaking,  emit  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-six  and  two-third  inches  of  air,  and  Hypophos- 
pliite  Lime  will  cure  “ in  all  cases.” 

’How  do  we  know  that?  “ Why,  all  the  papers  say  so;” 
and  that  is  conclusive  enough  of  its  truth  in  the  estimation  of 
a good  many  people.  This  being^fixed,  how  will  the  cure  be 
effected  ? We  will  now  drop  all  round  abouts,  premising  that 
. oil  of  vitriol  ’be  poured  on  some  burnt  bones,  and  the  ashes 
ofseaweed’be  stirred  in  (oil  of  vitriol  is  powerful,  and  anything 
that  has  seat”  attached  to  it  has  great  health  properties  in 
the  estimation  of  every  body,)  and  then  allowed  to  settle,  pour 
off,  then  pour  on  boiling  water,  stir,  let  settle,  pour  off,  and 
dry  the  remnant,  and  we  will  have  in  the  shape  of  the  purest 
whitest  powTder  a pretty  good  idea  of  the  Hypophosphite  of 
Lime  and  Soda.  As  much  of  this  as  will  rest  on  a twenty-five 
cent  piece,  taken  daily  in  sweetened  water,  one-third  at  a times 
is  the  curer  of  consumption  in  its  last  stages,  if  two-thirds  of 
the  lungs  are  left.  How  ? 

We  know  that  the  human  body  has  bones  in  it.  We  know 
that  healthy  bones  contain  phosphorus.  We  know  that  in  con- 
sumption the  bones  have  not  enough  of  phosphorus. 

All  this  is  plain  sailing.  The  next  step,  however,  brings  us 
right  jam  up  against  a mountain  of  brass  ; you  can’t  look  it 
•out  of  countenance,  for  the  looker  gets  out  of  countenance 


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Consumption — Its  New  Cure. 

instead  of  the  lookee,  from  being  reminded  of  the  fact  how 
little  he  knows.  For  example,  we  do  not  know  what  other 
things  besides  phosphorus  the  system  needs  when  in  a con- 
sumptive condition.  The  most  learned  chemists  and  physiolo- 
gists have  not  been  able  to  decide  whether  phosphorus  exists 
in  the  system  with  oxygen  in  it,  or  with  none — that  is,  we 
don’t  know  in  what  shape  the  system  needs  phosphorus,  nor 
whether  it  is  to  be  had  outside  the  body  in  the  shape  in  which 
the  body  will  take  hold  of  it  and  appropriate  it  to  building  pur- 
poses. Dr.  Gregory,  of  Edinburgh,  says  it  is  absurd  to  sup- 
pose that  it  can  exist  in  the  body  without  oxygen ; but  Dr. 
Churchill,  on  the  ground  that  Dr.  Gregory  is  entirely  wrong, 
“ deduced”  that  if  given  to  the  body  in  the  shape  in  which  it 
combines  oxygen  with  itself,  it  would  cure  consumption ; and, 
as  the  Hypophospliite  of  Lime  fulfils  that  condition,  he  advo- 
cates its  employment. 

Thus  it  is  that  the  very  theory  that  Hypophosphites  are  good 
in  consumption  is  founded  on  assuming  as  a fact  what  eminent 
men  strongly  deny. 

But,  without  wasting  time  in  discussing  mere  theories,  prac- 
tical men  have  put  the  matter  to  a direct  test,  and  have  re- 
ported that  the  Hypophosphites  of  Lime  and  Soda  are  of  no 
curative  value  whatever  in  consumption ; that  the  least  that 
can  be  said  of  them  is — they  neither  do  good  nor  harm — but, 
if  anything,  they  do  harm  by  the  loss  of  time  in  using  them, 
which  might  have  been  better  employed  in  other  ways.  We 
therefore  repeat  the  assertion  of  our  last  number,  that  the  best 
things  to  take  in  any  and  all  cases  of  consumption  are  exercise, 
substantial  food,  and  ^out-door  air  in  large  but  due  proportions, 
and  that  without  these  no  case  of  consumptive  disease  has 
ever  been  successfully  treated  by  any  man,  living  or  dead, 


CELLABS. 

There  ought  to  be  no  cellar  in  any  family  dwelling.  The 
house  should  be  one  or  two  feet  above  ground,  with  a trench 
around  it  a foot  deep,  so  that  the  surface  of  the  earth  imme- 
diately under  the  floor  should  be  always  kept  dry  to  the  depth 
of  several  inches,  and  there  should  be  open  spaces  in  the 


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“ under-pinning,”  so  as  to  allow  a free  circulation  of  air  at  ali 
times. 

New  York  has  the  reputation  of  being  about  the  sickliest 
city  in  the  world — that  is,  a larger  number  of  persons  die  in 
it  during  a year,  in  proportion  to  the  population,  than  in  any 
other  first-class  city  in  Christendom,  the  mortality  of  which  is 
reliably  reported. 

There  is  reason  to  believe  that  moral  causes  originate  a very 
large  number  of  the  deaths  in  New  York  city  every  year.' 
But  among  the  physical  causes  is  the  faulty  construction  of 
dwelling-houses,  and  no  unimportant  item  is  the  cellar,  which 
is  under  the  whole  building,  its  floor  being,  on  an  average 
fourteen  feet  beneath  the  level  of  the  street.  The  only  door 
of  the  cellar  opens  into  the  lower  hall  or  passage.  Through 
this  door  the  servants  pass  many  times  every  day  for  fuel  and 
the  ordinary  articles  of  cooking,  and  at  every  opening  a strong 
current  of  air  rushes  and  passes  upward,  and  impregnates 
every  room  of  the  building.  That  air  is  always  close,  raw 
and  damp,  and  saturated  with  the  effluvia  given  out  by  decay- 
ing vegetables,  bones,  meats,  rotten  wood,  and  offall  of  every 
conceivable  description ; for  be  it  remembered  that  the  larger 
houses  are  so  contrived  that,  by  a convenient  arrangement,  the 
ashes  from  the  kitchen  fire,  with  all  the  articles  swept  from  a 
a kitchen  floor,  or  usually  thrown  into  a kitchen  fire  place,  are 
let  down  into  the  cellar  into  one  promiscuous  heap,  to  be 
cleaned  out  in  the  spring,  or  fall,  or  both.  We  have  seen  half 
a dozen  cart  loads  borne  away  at  a single  time  from  five- 
story  brown  stone  fronts.  In  addition,  many  houses  are  so 
constructed,  that  all  the  water  from  the  kitchen,  dish-water, 
wash-water,  soap  suds,  floor  washings,  and  the  like,  pass  into 
the  u sink,”  as  it  is  called,  which  is  in  the  cellar,  which  is  a 
hole  dug  in  the  earth  or  sand,  and  covered  over,  to  be  passed 
off  into  the  street  drain ; but,  before  it  passes  off,  the  earth 
becomes  saturated,  and  a noisome  effluvia  is  always  rising  day 
and  night,  winter  and  summer. 

Still  further,  our  magnificent  mansions  have  the  privy  under 
one  and  the  same  roof  with  cellar,  chamber,  and  parlor ; and 
that  its  sink  should  not  become  saturated,  and  that  its  effluvia 
should  not  arise  more  or  less,  or  in  some  other  manner  make 
its  way  into  the  cellar,  is  an  impossibility. 


Cellars. 


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That  sacli  arrangements  should  prevail  in  three  houses  out 
of  four  in  an  intelligent  community  is  certainly  not  very  cre- 
ditable. 

Not  long  ago  we  had  occasion  to  go  into  the  cellar  of  a 
store  on  Broadway,  near  the  Park,  and,  in  looking  for  some 
article,  we  had  occasion  to  pass  the  privy  of  the  establishment, 
which  was  immediately  under  the  grating  over  which  every 
person  had  to  pass  to  enter  the  store.  The  sights  on  wall, 
floor,  seats,  &c.,  were  simply  incredible ; yet  into  this  temple 
of  filth  gentlemanly  proprietors  and  well-dressed  clerks  en- 
ter often  daily,  and  ' within  the  next  three  minutes  are 
chatting  at  the  breadth  of  half  a counter  with  the  fashion  of 
New  York ! 

In  houses  already  built,  we  suggest  that  a hole  six,  eight,  or 
ten  inches  square,  be  cut  in  or  near  the  cellar  ceiling,  leading 
at  some  distance  up  into  the  chimney,  where,  meeting  with 
the  hot  air,  a forcible  draft  would  be  made  upwards  and  out- 
wards, and  thus  secure  a constant  and  thorough  cellar  ventila- 
tion. Every  family  should,  in  addition,  fasten  up  the  internal 
cellar  entrance,  and  let  it  be  from  without  the  house  through 
a door  opening  into  the  yard  or  back  area,  and  thus  make  it 
impossible  for  the  foul  air  of  the  cellar  to  find  its  way  into  the 
sitting  rooms  and  chambers  of  the  whole  household. 


“ CAPE  WORN” 

Is  a familiar  expression,  and  conjures  at  once  an  image  of  a 
face  so  pale  and  sad  as  to  show  that  its  owner  was  utterly  dis- 
heartened, was  weary  of  himself,  of  life,  and  of  all  the  world 
besides.  Many  such  are  met  any  day  in  our  public  streets, 
feeding  upon  what  is  destroying  them.  It  is  moral  medicine 
which  these  unfortunates  require ; but  unhappily  the  places 
where  the  “ balm”  for  sorrow  is  to  be  had,  free  of  cost,  is  not 
frequented  by  those  who  most  need  its  healing  power.  But 
calling  in  at  one  of  these  moral  “ dispensaries”  on  Fifth 
Avenue,  during  the  “ crisis  of  ’57,”  we  gathered  up  some 
prescriptions  from  the  “ Doctor”  of  Divinity  which  we  think 
ought  to  be  spread  broadcast  over  the  whole  country  as  of  en- 
during value ; for  in  cases  not  a few  we  have  found  that  it  was 


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IlalVs  Journal  of  Health. 

a diseased  mind  which  was  wasting  the  body  into  the  grave, 
and  no  drop  or  drug,  or  pill,  or  bolus  known  to  the  apothecary 
could  avail  to  break  up  the  malady  of  the  heart.  And  not 
wishing  to  assume  responsibilities  out  of  our  present  line,  we 
will  use  the  identical  words  of  the  great  prescriber,  leaving 
it  to  the  reader  to  compare  and  find  out  whether  it  be  accord- 
ing to  the  law  and  testimony  : 

Trials  increase  with  age,  but  the  path  of  the  just  shineth 
more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day. 

Thinking  over  past  trials,  in  order  to  rectify  them,  is  most 
unavailing. 

Each  trial  has  its  errand — as  a bullet  its  billet.  Receive  each 
trial  as  from  God. 

Cultivate  the  habit  of  regarding  daily  vexations  as  trifles. 

Never  be  troubled  with  trifles,  and  soon  all  trouble  will  ap- 
pear as  trifling. 

Daily  educate  your  mind  to  turn  away  from  trials. 

We  can’t  lessen  our  trials  by  thinking  on  them. 

You  can’t  mend  them  by  brooding  over  them. 

Your  motto  should  be — “ Look  forward  and  go  forward.” 

Let  past  troubles  go,  except  for  thanks  or  penitence. 

Nothing  so  kills  fretfulness  as  advancing  in  duty. 

Meet  a fire  with  a new  fire  ; meet  one  engrossing  trouble 
by  zeal  in  some  important  duty  or  enterprise. 

Many  hearts  may  even  now  be  fretting  about  yesterday’s 
trials,  or  to-morrow’s  engagements. 

Don’t  dwell  too  much  on  seeking  for  consolation.  Blessed 
are  they  which  “ endure.” 

The  more  disinterested,  the  more  happy  will  you  be.  Throw 
more  of  self  overboard  in  a storm,  and  the  lighter  will  the 
vessel  be  left. 

Trouble  not  about  want  of  success  in  worldly  business,  or 
that  wealth  is  endangered,  or  is  departing,  or  is  gone. 

Aim  to  reap  benefit  from  your  trials. 

All  unnecessary  care  tends  to  evil. 

Heaven  is  perfect  freedom  from  care;  Hell  is  complete 
vexation. 

Examine  how  we  have  fallen  into  a fretful  temper. 

The  cure  of  fretful  care  is  in  religion. 

Reflective  brooding  makes  our  cares  greater. 


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Poverty , Disease , and  Crime . 

To  nurse  our  cares  is  to  create  more  of  them. 

Trouble  comes  like  a thunderbolt  sometimes  in  a family ; 
and  thus  are  irreligious  men  daily  now  driven  over  the  brink 
of  drunkenness,  insanity,  and  suicide. 

We  don’t  know  how  much  material  wealth  has  been  con- 
sumed in  the  late  commercial  disasters ; but  the  wear  and  tear 
of  anxiety,  and  the  shortening  of  life,  must  be  computed  by 
hundreds  of  millions. 

When  trials  come  without  our  own  fault,  it  is  wrong  to  brood 
over  them  and  to  fret. 


POVERTY,  DISEASE,  AND  CRIME, 

Go  together  ; so  do  thrift,  health,  and  good  citizenship.  The 
panacea  for  human  sorrow  is  not  the  removal  of  poverty. 
That  will  not  reach  the  root  of  the  evil.  Make  a child  good, 
and  you  give  good  assurance  against  idleness,  beggary,  and 
wasting  disease.  Teach  a child  to  be  clean,  to  be  truthful,  to 
hate  all  wrong  doing,  to  be  industrious  and  saving,  and  with  a 
thorough- education  in  “ reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,”  you 
make  him  rich  beyond  the  inheritance  of  paternal  millions. 
Poverty  is  neither  a curse  nor  a crime.  Had  we  the  peopling 
of  a world  like  this,  with  present  views  of  human  nature  and 
human  need,  we  would  turn  every  son  and  daughter  into  the 
great  harvest  field  of  life  without  a shirt  to  the  back  or  an 
implement  to  the  hand.  The  necessity  for  “ device”  has  been 
the  material  salvation  of  the  human  family.  No  children  are 
so  utterly  worthless  as  those  who  never  knew  an  obstacle  be- 
tween an  expressed  desire  and  its  gratification.  No  child  is 
so  irretrievably  ruined  as  the  one  whose  parent  is  its  slave. 
Let  every  one  enter  the  world  with  an  income,  and  it  would, 
under  the  present  constitution  of  things,  become,  within  a cen- 
tury, a world  of  idleness,  gluttonny,  and  havoc-making  dis- 
ease ; so  that  while  it  is  true  that,  in  one  sense  of  the  word, 
“ the  destruction  of  the  poor  is  their  poverty,”  it  is,  in  another 
sense,  not  less  demonstrable,  that  poverty  is  the  material 
safety  of  the  race — as  witness  the  brightest,  highest  names  in 
history,  ancient  or  modern.  Poverty  has  been  the  main  sti- 
mulus in  almost  all  sublime  lives  ; at  the  same  time,  it  goads 


36  Hall's  Journal  of  Health. 

men  to  the  commission  of  the  gravest  crimes.  What  makes 
the  difference  ? Not  certainly  what  we  call  “ intelligence,” 
mere  “ education,”  about  which  unbalanced  minds  so  con- 
stantly prate,  as  an  infallible  cure  for  human  woe,  the  certain 
means  of  human  weal. 

Mere  “ education,”  in  the  common  acceptance  of  the  term, 
makes  a man  a better  saint  or  a bigger  devil,  according  to  the 
direction  taken  in  the  outset ; and  that  direction  is  the  result 
of  the  instillation,  or  its  neglect,  from  the  first  year  of  life,  of 
those  principles  of  human  conduct  imparted  by  actions  as  well 
as  words,  and  -which  are  founded  in  “ love,  joy,  peace,  long 
suffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meekness,  temperance 
for  u against  such  there  is  no  law.”  Let  the  reader  go  over 
all  the  qualities  just  named,  and  consider  for  a moment  how 
not  one  of  them  is  inseparable  from  the  character  of  a gentle- 
man and  an  honest  man ; and,  if  all  were  such,  it  is  easy  to 
see  that  this  would  be  a -world  of  thrift,  of  enjoyment,  and 
elevation.  If,  therefore,  the  words  quoted  are  interpreted 
aright,  they  mean  that  in  proportion  as  men  follow  out  in  their 
daily  conduct  the  great  principles  of  love,  goodness,  and  tem- 
perance, however  limited  may  be  their  “ education,”  they 
escape  human  suffering  for  all  time,  as  far  as  that  may  arise 
from  causes  within  themselves.  The  surest  way,  therefore,  to 
beatify  the  human  race  permanently,  is  not  to  begin  at  tho 
half-way  house,  by  endeavoring  to  banish  poverty  and  exist- 
ing disease.  We  must  begin  at  the  beginning,  and  make  men 
good  b}T  diligently  sowing  the  seeds  of  “ love,”  and  “ good- 
ness,” and  “ temperance,”  while  yet  in  early  infancy.  This 
high,  holy,  and  important  duty,  belongs  to  parents,  and  ought 
to  be  delegated  to  no  others.  But  the  fashion  of  the  times — 
and  one  most  widely  prevalent — is  to  turn  over  this  first  of  all 
duties  to  Sunday  school  teachers,  many  of  whom  are  in  their 
teens,  and  not  a few  personally  ignorant  of  the  “ great  sal- 
vation.” 

As  far  as  the  children  of  professing  Christians  are  concerned, 
and  as  far  as  Sunday  schools,  as  now  too  generally  conducted 
practically,  take  the  early  religious  instruction  of  children  in 
the  distinctive  sentiments  of  their  faith  out  of  the  parents’ 
hands,  and  commit  it  to  the  unfledged,  who  themselves  need 
o be  taught,  it  were  better  that  they,  as  now  generally  con- 


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ducted,  and  as  to  their  tendencies  in  relation  to  the  children  of 
the  church,  had  never  been  heard  of. 

“ A thorough  education,”  a “ superior  education”  of  all 
young  people,  is  not  the  panacea  for  the  world’s  ills ; will 
never  free  it  from  destitution,  crime,  disease,  and  premature 
death,  using  these  terms  in  their  general  accepted  sense.  We 
must  go  behind  the  school  teacher,  because  the  child’s  destiny 
is  shaped  before  it  enters  the  ABC  school-room ; direction 
is  given  to  its  goings-out,  to  a very  great  extent,  before  it 
leaves  its  mother’s  lap,  and  while  yet  it  is  toddling  about  the 
floor  and  amusing  itself  with  its  toys ; and  among  the  first 
things  may  be  mentioned, frankness,  truthfulness,  consistency, 
and  affection.  If  an  infant  sees  these  in  its  parents,  day  by 
day,  in  all  things,  it  will  grow  up  to  be  like  them  with  encou- 
raging certainty,  paving  the  way  for  a parental  influence  in 
teachings  higher  and  still  more  important,  which  will  form  the 
character  in  such  a mould  as  will  make  it  safe  for  all  time. 

Father  and  mother  are  equally  bound  to  do  all  within  their 
power  in  forwarding  these  primary  educations ; but  as  the 
mother  is  always  at  home,  and  possesses  the  warmer  and  more 
entire  affection  and  confidence  of  the  child,  a higher  share  of 
the  responsibility  rests  on  her ; and  as  over  her  the  clergyman 
who  preaches  to  her  every  Sabbath  has  a commanding  influ- 
ence, we  come  back  to  the  two  first  truths.  First — 

The  clergy  of  all  denominations  must  wake  up  to  a greater 
diligence  in  urging  mothers  to  an  imitation  of  Hafmah  of  old, 
whose  concern  began  before  little  Samuel  saw  the  light  of  day, 
and  which  concern  never  flagged,  until  he  was  officially  com- 
mitted to  the  temple.  Mothers  should  be  taught  that  the  be- 
dewing influence  of  meditative  piety  should  be  shed  on  the 
child’s  nature  when  “ as  yet  it  is  not,”  and  they  should  be 
urged  unceasingly  to  follow  it  up  day  by  day,  until  the  cha- 
racter is  fully  formed.  To  do  all  this  properly,  mothers,  amid 
the  toils  and  trials  and  discouragements  of  daily  life,  need 
counsel,  and  sympathy,  and  help  from  the  minister — given, 
not  from  the  stately  pulpit,  but  from  the  daily  greeting  and 
the  friendly  fireside  call,  where  there  is  a felt  confidence  and 
a felt  sympathy,  the  imparting  and  the  reception  of  which  are 
both  happifying. 

Thus  acting,  the  clergyman  of  an  ordinary  congregation 


38  Hall's  Journal  of  Health . 

would,  witli  other  necessary  duties,  have  liis  time  fully  em- 
ployed. Second — to  do  that,  others  should  see  to  it  that  his  tem- 
poral wants  are  promptly,  fully,  and  liberally  met,  and  this 
devolves  on  the  people  of  his  charge.  In  short,  the  only  hope 
of  a world’s  permanent  redemption  from  crime  and  disease  is 
in  a faithful  ministry,  well  paid  by  the  people,  to  enable  them  to 
give  their  whole  time  to  the  care  of  the  flock  over  which  they  are 
the  shepherds.  And  to  make  a beginning,  let  the  reader  lay 
down  this  page  and  rest  not  until  he  has  done  all  he  could  to  se- 
cure for  his  minister  an  abundant  support ; nor  rest  here.  If  that 
minister  fails  of  an  entire  consecration  of  himself  to  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  what  has  been  marked  out,  turn  him  out 
as  unworthy  of  his  hire,  and  even  if  in  all  things  else  he  be  a 
very  Gabriel. 

We  may  as  well  wake  up  to  the  fact  first  as  last,  that  all 
modes  of  “ reform”  of  human  elevation  will  fail,  which  are 
anything  short  of  preventives,  and  that  efforts  for  the  amelio- 
ration of  the  condition  of  mankind,  to  be  permanently  success- 
ful, must  reach  behind  the  college,  the  academy,  the  Sunday 
school,  they  must  reach  to  the  infant  child — must  go  before  its 
birth — must  operate  through  a mother’s  prayers  and  tears,  and 
bedewing  piety.  The  Editor  hopes  that  abler  minds  will  carry 
out  the  idea,  the  subject  having  been  suggested  by  a letter 
from  a rich  man,  without  family,  who  desires  to  lay  out  some 
scores  of  thousands  of  dollars  in  a manner  which  shall  most 
certainly  accomplish  the  highest  results.  lie  has  already  spent 
much  time  and  large  sums  of  money  in  diffusing  information 
which  was  calculated  to  benefit  the  masses,  and  especially  the 
poor.  Having  been  the  architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  he  has 
not,  in  his  social  and  pecuniary  elevation,  forgotten  those  who 
are  now  enduring  that  grinding  poverty  through  which  he 
once  passed  himself,  and  knowing  its  hardships,  its  tempta- 
tions, and  its  trials,  he  has  a heart  broad  and  full  enough  to  do 
something  to  save  others  from  them,  and  we  do  certainly 
believe  that  his  objects  will  be  most  radically  and  perma- 
nently secured  by  a faithful  ministry  and  a faithful  mother- 
hood : 

“ Dr.  Hall  : 

“ Dear  Sir — We  are  advised  to  1 take  time  by  the  forelock.  /’  You 
are  evidently  engaged  in  the  endeavor  to  instruct  the  masses  to  take 
disease  by  the  forelock . Why,  then,  may  we  not  endeavor  to  teach 


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the  masses  how  to  take  '“poverty*  by  the  forelock1?  But  first  we  must 
determine  its  cause  or  causes. 

“ William  Penn  said — ‘ If  you  would  reform  the  world,  you 
must  begin  the  reformation  with  your  children.’  (Not  mine,  for  I 
ar’nt  got  any  !)  I contend  that  one  great  cause — if  not  the  principal 
cause  of  poverty — arises  from  the  fact  that  children  are  taught  from 
their  infancy  to  be  spendthrifts,  fearful  that  the  little  dears  will  not 
know,  when  arrived  at  the  years  of  maturity,  how  to  spend  money  eco- 
nomically ! and,  therefore,  they  are  taught  to  spend  all  they  get,  and 
as  fast  as  they  get  it.  I should  say  that  children  should  be  taught  how 
to  save  money,  and  that  to  spend  it  is  as  much  a sin  as  to  lie  or  steal , 
and,  if  there  is  any  spending  to  be  done,  let  it  be  done  by  the  parent. 
This  is  my  doctrine,  and  1 would  pay  a handsome  trifle  for  a good 
essay  upon  this  subject. 

“ My  worthy  pa  used  to  say — ‘ The  destruction  of  the  poor  is 
their  poverty  !’  Many  a one  has  been  destroyed  by  consumption ; but 
this  is  only  the  effect,  and  so  is  poverty  only  an  effect.  Let  us  have 
the  cause,  that  the  effect  may  be  averted.  If  you  agree  with  me,  I 
should  be  pleased  to  see  an  article  in  your  journal,  upon  this  subject ; 
but  if  not,  we  will  drop  the  subject  like  a hot  potato,  and  let  it  slide. 

“ By  the  way,  doctor,  I have  had  one  of  your  ‘ physiological  chairs’ 
made  (ten-inch  seat,  not  eight,  as  you  suggest),  and  it  gives  so  much 
and  so  general  satisfaction,  that  I have  ordered  several  more  made. 

“ Mr.  Fowler  took  a seat,  and  pronounced  it  a capital  idea. 

' “ Yours,  “ C.” 

Let  the  three  points  of  our  article  remain  distinctly  before 
the  reader’s  mind.  First — That  mere  education,  talent,  genius, 
is  not  sufficient  to  restrain  men  from  crime,  else  Lord  Bacon 
would  never  have  been  bribed,  Dr.  Dodd  would  never  have 
perpetrated  a forgery — else  Voltaire  might  have  been  a Luther, 
Hume  a Calvin,  and  Apollyon  a Gabriel.  Dr.  Murray  says, 
with  great  truth : “ High  talent,  unless  early  cultivated,  as 
was  that  of  Moses,  and  Milton,  and  Baxter,  and  Edwards,  and 
Wesley,  and  Robert  Hall,  is  the  most  restive  under  moral  re- 
straints ; is  the  most  fearless  in  exposing  itself  to  temptation  ; 
is  the  most  ready  to  lay  itself  on  the  lap  of  Delilah,  trusting 
in  the  lock  of  its  strength.  And,  alas ! like  Sampson,  how 
often  is  it  found  blind  and  grinding  in  the  prison  house,  when 
it  might  be  wielding  the  highest  political  power,  or  civilising 
and  evangelising  the  nations.” 

Second — The  best  time  for  making  the  imprint  for  eternity 
on  an  immortal  nature  is  while  it  is  yet  in  its  mother’s  womb. 
It  was  while  bearing  the  unborn  Napoleon,  that  the  mother 
scoured  the  country  at  the  side  of  her  warrior  husband.  It  was 


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before  the  birth  of  Samuel,  who  became  higher  than  kings, 
that  Hannah  sanctified  him  in  her  heart,  set  him  apart,  and 
consecrated  him  to  a religious  life. 

Third — It  was  Eli  the  priest  who  comforted  Hannah  in  her 
despondency,  and  the  priests  were  so  amply  cared  for,  that 
they  could  give  their  whole  time  to  their  duties. 


SUICIDAL  WOMEN. 

Unwise  above  many  is  the  man  who  considers  every  hour 
lost  which  is  not  spent  in  reading,  writing,  or  in  study ; and 
not  more  rational  is  she  who  thinks  every  moment  of  her  time 
lost  which  does  not  find  her  sewing. 

We  once  heard  a great  man  advise  that  a book  of  some  kind 
be  carried  in  the  pocket  to  be  used  in  case  of  any  unoccupied 
moment.  Such  wras  his  practice.  He  died  early  and  fatuitous ! 

There  are  women  who,  after  a hard  day’s  work,  will  sit  and 
sew  by  candle  or  gas  light  until  their  eyes  are  almost  blinded, 
or  until  certain  pains  about  the  shoulders  come  on  which  are 
almost  insupportable,  and  are  only  driven  to  bed  by  a physical 
incapacity  to  work  any  longer.  The  sleep  of  the  overworked, 
like  that  of  those  who  do  not  work  at  all,  is  unsatisfying  and 
unrefreshing,  and  both  alike  wake  up  in  weariness,  sadness 
and  languor,  with  an  inevitable  result,  both  dying  prema- 
turely. 

Let  no  one  work  in  pain  or  weariness.  When  a man  is  tired 
‘he  ought  to  lie  down  until  he  is  most  fully  rested,  when  with 
renovated  strength  the  work  will  be  better  done,  done  the 
sooner,  done  with  a self-sustaining  alacrity. 

The  time  taken  from  seven  or  eight  hour’s  sleep  out  of  each 
twenty-four  is  time  not  gained,  but  time  more  than  lost ; we 
can  cheat  ourselves,  we  cannot  cheat  nature.  A certain  amount 
of  food  is  necessary  to  a healthful  body,  and  if  less  than  that 
amount  be  furnished,  decay  commences  the  very  hour.  It  is 
the  same  with  sleep,  and  any  one  who  persists  in  allowing  him- 
self less  than  nature  requires,  will  only  hasten  his  arrival  at 
the  madhouse  or  the  grave. 


Make  a Brick. 


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MAKE  A BKICK. 

In  a late  New  York  Observer  we  read  “ Do  not  conclude 
the  Lord  is  not  with  you  because  things  go  very  contrary,  and 
he  does  not  appear  for  you ; he  was  in  the  ship  notwithstand- 
ing the  storm.” 

In  all  that  Scott  or  Dickens  ever  wrote,  there  is  not  found  a 
single  sentence  so  fraught  with  solid  comfort,  bringing  conso- 
lation so  ineffably  sweet  to  the  heart  all  oppressed  with  har- 
rowing trouble  or  torn  asunder  with  saddest  trials.  Such  a 
sentiment  and  such  a sentence  can  never  die,  and  will  continue 
for  ages  to  come  to  soothe  the  sorrowing  children  of  humanity. 
And  for  that  single  sentence,  we  consider  its  unknown  author 
a greater  benefactor  to  his  kind  than  both  the  men  whose 
names  are  written  above.  When  Scott  and  Dickens  have  been 
once  read  they  are  laid  away  ; we  instinctively  withdraw  from 
a second  perusal,  because  nothing  new  is  expected  ; but  the 
lines  we  have  quoted  will  give  fresh  comfort  to  every  medita- 
tive heart  at  every  new  trial,  making"  it  feel — “ There  is  no 
sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  cure.” 

In  the  “ Presbyter”  of  Cincinnati,  another  excellent  family 
paper,  we  read  not  long  ago, — “The  danger,  temptation,  and 
sin  of  the  age,  is  the  thoughtless  haste  to  secure  the  world  that 
now  is,  forgetful  of  the  better,  wider,  everlasting  world  to 
come.” 

Composing  a sentence  like  either  of  the  two  we  have  quoted, 
or  doing  a good  deed  in  helping  the  helpless,  in  raising  the 
fallen,  in  cheering  those  who  are  striving  in  privation  and  hard 
toil  for  an  honest  life,  is  to  “ make  a brick”  for  the  great  build- 
ing which  is  to  pass  the  fiery  ordeal  of  the  general  judgment, 
and  which  cannot  be  consumed  like  the  “ wood,  and  hay,  and 
stubble,”  of  which  the  scriptures  have  spoken. 

Or,  to  change  the  simile,  and  bring  it  near  a medical  sense, 
the  deeds  above,  and  others  like  them,  are  “ cordials”  prepared 
before  hand,  which  impart  a life  giving  influence  to  those  who 
have  a right  to  use  them  in  hours  of  trial  and  sickness,  on  a 
dying  bed  and  at  the  judgment  day  ! 

How  many  of  our  readers  have  been  making  it  a point  to 
prepare  a good  supply  of  these  “ cordials”  in  case  of  emergen- 
cy, when  something  will  be  needed  beyond  the  common  order 


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of  things,  not  the  jams  and  jellies  of  the  ordinary  table,  but 
the  sweet-meats  of  the  soul,  of  good  deeds  done  humbly  in  un- 
selfishness ? 

We  do  not  know  when  we  were  more  impressed  with  com- 
miseration, than  when  reading  of  a great  reformer,  so  called, 
dying  at  the  age  of  almost  ninety  years,  the  hero  of  Lanark,  of 
communism.  The  absorbing  desire  of  his  heart,  the  thing 
which  waked  up  for  an  instant  his  expiring  energies,  the  one 
all  pervading  longing  of  his  soul  was — to  reach  his  childhood’s 
home  and  there  die  ! What  feeding  on  dry  fence  rails,  on  the 
veriest  husks  and  chaff  is  this.  Were  there  no  sweet  memo- 
ries of  unselfish  deeds  done  in  the  long  pilgrimage  of  Robert 
Owen,  upon  which  the  soul  could  linger,  while  in  another 
sense  they  could  he  accounted  as  “ nothing  !”  The  Christian 
has  died  before  now  in  raptures  ineffable,  in  a parched  desert, 
on  a rock  of  the  sea,  aye  on  the  wheel  and  at  the  stake,  lean- 
ing his  head  on  the  bosom  of  the  Saviour,  and  breathing  his 
life  out  sweetly  there,  panting  all  the  wdiile  to  be  in  heaven, 
in  the  consciousness  of  having  endeavored,  now  and  then  at 
least,  and  O how  feebly,  to  live  for  man  and  God,  to  do 
something  to  happify  a brother  pilgrim  and  help  him  onward 
to  the  skies. 

Reader  ! How  many  “ bricks”  made  you  for  1858  ; what  of 
“ cordials”  did  you  prepare  in  that  long  year  of  blessings,  the 
bricks  and  the  cordials  of  good  deeds  done  for  your  fellow  man, 
to  the  end  of  glorifying  his  Maker  ? How  many  do  you  pur- 
pose making  the  present  year,  for  it  may  be  your  last  on 
earth  ? and  to  lay  on  a bed  of  pain  and  weary  suffering,  to 
encounter  the  mortal  agony,  and  have  no  cordial  by  your  side 
to  carry  you  through  it  all,  happily,  triumphantly,  how 
dreadful ! — Go  this  minute  and  do  some  good  deed  to  some- 
body, for  you  may  die  to-morrow,  and  if  you  do  not  die  to- 
morrow, “ repeat  the  prescription”  every  day  until  you  do. 


WARMING  CHURCHES, 

Many  an  excellent  clergyman  has  lost  his  voice,  and  even- 
tually his  life,  by  preaching  in  a cold,  damp,  and  close  church ; 
and  multitudes  of  people  have  been  made  invalids  for  months 


Warming  Churches.  43 

and  years,  and  have  prematurely  died,  from  sitting  in  churches 
insufficiently  warmed  in  winter  time. 

The  atmosphere  of  any  building  closed  for  six  days  in  the 
week  becomes  unfit  for  respiration  in  summer  as  well  as  win- 
ter by  reason  of  its  damp,  heavy  closeness.  It  requires  several 
days  for  the  cold  and  damp  to  get  into  a closed  house,  and  a 
much  longer  time  for  it  to  get  out.  Hence,  after  several  days 
of  very  severe  weather,  it  may  be  sultry — even  uncomfortably 
warm  in  riding,  walking,  or  any  other  slight  effort,  and  no 
fire  is  deemed  necessary ; on  the  contrary,  the  air  of  the 
church  seems,  on  first  entering,  to  be  refreshingly  cool,  but 
has,  nevertheless,  sowed  the  seeds  of  untimely  death  in  multi- 
tudes ; for,  remaining  still  for  a couple  of  hours,  the  body 
becomes  chilled  through  and  through,  to  be  followed  by  fever, 
pleurisy,  inflammation  of  the  lungs,  or  other  dangerous  forms 
of  disease. 

Many  country  churches  are  heated  by  stoves,  which,  on  cold 
days,  are  kept  red  hot,  roasting  those  who  are  near,  leaving 
the  more  distant  ones  to  freeze. 

These  difficulties  may  be  easily  avoided  by  a little  know- 
ledge and  attention,  which  may  be  illustrated  by  stating  the 
practice  of  the  sextons  of  our  city  churches — or,  to  be  more  spe- 
cific, the  practice  of  the  sexton  of  the  church  which  we  attend 
in  Fifth  Avenue,  Mr.  Culyer,  who  will  doubtless  be  surprised 
to  find  his  name  in  print ; but  as  the  health  and  lives  of  a 
thousand  people  are  in  his  custody  every  winter’s  day,  and  as 
we  have  not  in  the  course  of  years  ever  noticed  the  building 
too  hot  or  too  cold,  his  fidelity  to  duty,  and  his  intelligence  in 
this  regard,  merits  a public  notice.  A thermometer  is  kept 
about  five  feet  above  the  floor,  about  half-way  between  the 
door  and  the  pulpit.  The  heat  is  made  to  reach  fifty-five  de- 
grees of  Fahrenheit  at  the  time  the  service  is  about  commenc- 
ing, "With  the  same  heat  in  the  furnace,  it  is  raised  to  sixty 
by  the  warmth  imparted  from  the  bodies  of  the  congregation. 
The  fires  are  not  built,  as  in  country  churches,  on  Sabbath 
morning,  but  early  on  Saturday  morning,  and  are  kept  pushed 
for  twenty-four  hours,  with  a proper  opening  of  doors  and  win- 
dows to  secure  a thorough  airing  of  the  whole  building.  If  the 
weather  is  intensely  cold,  the  fires  are  built  early  on  the 
Friday  morning  preceding  the  Sabbath. 


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In  summer  time,  the  doors  and  windows  are  opened  at  day- 
light to  let  in  the  cool  air,  and  at  ten  are  closed  to  keep  it  in. 
Thus,  by  these  simple  arrangements,  the  building  is  delight- 
fully cool  in  midsummer ; while,  on  a zero  day,  we  have  the 
soft  and  balmy  warmth  of  a southern  clime. 


EH  COUR  AGEMENT. 

Some  years  ago  a returned  foreign  missionary  had  almost 
settled  down  in  the  sad  conclusion  that  for  the  remainder  of  a 
life  yet  young,  he  was  to  be  but  a cumberer  of  the  ground  ; 
but  a letter  just  received  says — u I am  happy  to  say  that  my 
health  is  now  unusually  good ; I am  under  the  necessity  of 
being  constantly  vigilant ; yet,  with  due  caution,  I labor  hard, 
as  hard  as  any  of  my  brethren,  and,  what  is  far  better,  it 
awakens  my  sincerest  gratitude  God  has  greatly  blessed  my 
labors.  For  all  this,  under  Him,  I am  indebted,  my  dear  sir, 
to  you ; and  that  He  may  make  you  the  instrument  of  still 
more  and  more  good,  especially  in  helping  his  poor  broken 
ministers,  is  my  sincere  desire,”  &c. 

There  is  a lesson  of  the  very  highest  importance  in  this  nar- 
ration. This  gentleman  was  enabled  to  maintain  his  ability 
for  pastoral  labor,  hard  but  successful,  by  means  of  constant, 
untiring  vigilance.  Very  many  attempt  to  test  the  perfection 
of  their  cure  by  unnecessary  exposures  or  extravagances; 
others  by  the  most  unpardonable  indifference  or  inattention  to 
their  health,  with  the  result  of  coming  back  to  the  physician 
with  almost  expressed  upbraidings  for  a “ temporary”  im- 
provement. The  price  of  life  to  any  one  who  has  been 
seriously  ill  is  eternal  vigilance. 


A LITTLE  KILLS. 

Pope  Adrian  died  by  a gnat. 

A Homan  counsellor  by  a hair. 

Anacreon,  the  Greek  poet,  by  a grape-seed. 
Charles  the  Sixth,  by  a mushroom. 

Stephen  Girrard,  by  a milk-cart. 


Broken  Bones, 


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Jacob  Ridgeway,  by  a dray. 

General  Taylor,  by  a bowl  of  berries. 

The  Duke  of  Wellington,  by  a plate  of  venison. 

Abbott  Lawrence,  by  an  injudicious  change  of  clothing. 

Rachel,  the  tragedienne,  from  want  of  an  extra  dress  in  the 
cars  between  New  York  and  Boston. 

Life,  being  hung  on  such  little  things,  its  preservation  is  a 
daily  miracle ; and  that  any  of  us  should  arrive  at  mature  age 
is  owing  to  the  fact  that  there  is  an  eye  upon  us  which  never 
sleeps,  the  eye  of  a Heavenly  Father,  whose  loving  kindness 
is  over  all  his  works — whose  “ mercies  are  new  every  morn- 
ing, and  fresh  every  evening.” 


BROKEN  BONES 

May  be  prevented  in  icy  weather  by  taking  steps  short  and 
slow,  but  fast  and  long  in  all  weathers,  in  a direction  from  a 
mad  bull. 

If,  by  a neglect  of  these  reasonable  precautions,  a bone  is 
broken,  the  first  thing  to  be  done  is  to  groan  with  an  earnest- 
ness prodigious  ; don’t  yell,  for  that  repels  the  hearer,  while 
the  former  attracts  by  sympathy.  Besides,  groans,  like  tears, 
bring  relief.  Tearless  silence  is  the  sad  precursor  of  certain 
death  in  all  great  bodily  ailments. 

Persons  have  added  to  their  injuries  before  now  by  attempt- 
ing to  rise,  and  falling  down  again,  in  consequence  of  a limb 
having  been  broken.  This  may  be  avoided,  if,  on  the  first  re- 
turn to  consciousness,  after  a “ collision,”  bursting  of  a boiler, 
and  the  like,  a man  -would  take  the  precaution,  or  have  the 
presence  of  mind,  before  attempting  to  rise,  to  endeavor  to 
move  each  leg  and  arm  ; for,  if  he  can,  neither  is  broken,  nor 
are  any  of  their  joints  dislocated  ; upon  obtaining  which  intel- 
ligence there  can  be  no  rational  obstacle  to  the  most  expedi- 
tious pedestrianism  which  the  emergencies  of  the  case  admit  of. 


LOCATING  FOR  LIFE. 

To  any  man  about  building  a house  or  locating  a farm,  it 
may  be  useful  to  know  that  a difference  of  half  a mile,  or  even 


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a hundred  feet,  may  make  for  his  family  a healthy  home,  or  a 
hospital.  To  make  a safe  decision,  the  general  laws  of 
“malaria”  and  u miasm”— that  is,  of  bad  air  and  marsh  ema- 
nations—should  be  understood ; and  it  is  by  the  investigation 
of  these,  and  their  publication  for  the  benefit  of  all,  that  this 
journal  and  honorable  physicians  are  steadily  endeavoring  to 
promote  human  health  and  happiness ; yet,  sorry  are  we  to  say 
that  every  now  and  then  we  hear  of  an  unexpected  defection  ; 
the  love  of  gold  seducing  some  to  conceal  their  discoveries, 
real,  imagined,  or  pretended,  and  to  make  of  them  a barter  for 
dollars  and  cents.  Be  withering  shame  and  irredeemable  in- 
famy the  portion  of  him  who,  having  gleaned  all  he  can  from 
the  generous  stores  of  his  brethren,  clutches  with  miserly  grasp 
and  hides  in  his  own  bosom  the  first  ray  of  new  practical  truth 
which  chanced  to  dawn  on  his  eye.  Such  is  the  mean-heart- 
edness  of  the  authors  of  patent  medicines,  one  of  whom  is  fre- 
quently styled  in  the  reading  matter  of  even  religious  news- 
papers as  the  “ benefactor”  of  his  race.  Proh  jpudor  / gen- 
tlemen of  the  religious  press. 


PEEMATUEE  DECLINE. 

Many  years  ago,  in  travelling  among  the  blue  mountains  of 
the  Old  Dominion,  on  a visit  of  curiosity  to  her  “ springs,” 
we  chanced  to  fall  in  with  a young  clergyman  just  married. 
He  unfolded  to  us  his  prospects,  bright  and  sad — bright  as  to 
position  and  opportunity — sad  as  to  the  poor  health,  which 
threatened  to  blast  them  all.  Since  then  he  has  risen,  and 
made  a high  mark  among  his  fellow-men — a mark  as  good  as 
it  is  great.  A quarter  of  a century  has  passed,  during  which 
we  have  never  forgotten  him,  and  have  never  met  him  ; but 
to-day  we  received  the  following : 

. “ Dear  Sir — Very  highly  estimating  the  ability  and  utility,  the 
wholesome  moral  and  religious,  as  well  as  healthful  tenor  of  your 
Journal  of  Health,  you  will  please  mail  it  to  me.”  * 

He  has  forgotten  that  we  ever  met ; but  the  point  of  observ- 
ance is  this — the  writing  is  in  a hand  so  trembling,  and  indi- 
cating such  bodily  debility,  that  it  struck  us  with  amazement. 
Men  of  eighty  years  have  written  to  us  in  a firmer,  bolder, 


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Premature  Decay . 

younger  hand  ; and  yet  he  cannot  be  far  from  either  side  of 
the  line  of  half  a century.  What  changes  has  time  wrought, 
and  how  different  our  constitutions ! W e are  as  merry  as  a 
cricket  and  as  blithe  as  a lark  of  a spring  morning  in  spite  of 
the  rubs  we  have  had  on  land  and  sea,  in  city,  prairie,  or 
boundless  forests  of  the  malarial  South.  A knowledge  and 
practice  of  the  laws  of  life  unfolds  the  mystery.  He  is  young 
enough  to  electrify  the  Southern  pulpit  with  his  profound  and 
burning  eloquence  for  a quarter  of  a century  to  come.  But 
he  will  never  do  it,  nor  for  a decade  even.  Moral : — Theolo- 
gical students  ought  to  spend  less  time  in  chewing  Hebrew 
roots  and  poring  over  Greek  themes — less  time  in  handling 
theological  polemics,  and  more  in  studying  how  to  live  long, 
work  hard,  thrive  upon  it,  and  die  victorious — the  battle  won 
over  sin,  Satan,  and  a wicked  race. 

Let  the  church  in  general,  and  theological  professors  in  par- 
ticular, remember  that  a sick  soldier  is  bad  enough — ho  is  but 
a unit — but  a sick  leader  modifies  the  efficiency  of  whole 
regiments.  The  remedy  is  patent— let  the  friends  of  a sound 
Christianity  look  to  it. 


JSTATUKE  AND  REVELATION. 

The  God  of  both  is  one  and  the  same.  In  the  operations  of 
both  the  same  great  general  principles  run  parallel.  In  the 
vegetable  world,  the  world  of  mind  and  the  world  of  grace, 
there  are  the  same  great  changes  of  seed  time  and  harvest — 
of  ebb  and  flow — of  renewal  and  decay — of  increment  and 
loss — of  opportunity  improved  or  forfeited — of  chances  used, 
or  for  ever  gone. 

Every  spring  the  vegetable  world  takes  a new  lease  of  life ; 
every  morning  man  wakes  up  to  renewed  vigor.  In  the  human 
body,  too,  there  are  times  which,  more  than  any  others,  are 
adapted  to  the  renovation  of  health  and  to  the  arrest  of  sick- 
ness ; but,  if  unimproved,  the  vigor  of  manhood  declines,  dis- 
ease burrows  in  the  system,  and  there  is  no  repair.  Nor  is  it 
different  in  the  momentous  world  of  grace.  Ordinarily  a man 
may  at  any  time  become  a Christian  ; but  there  are  seasons  of 
extraordinary  fructification,  when,  the  facilities  are  so  largely 


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increased,  that  resistance,  refusal  to  employ  them,  is  a mad- 
ness, a fatuity;  because,  if  rejected  then,  the  offer  may  be 
made  no  more.  It  is  certainly  true  in  the  life  of  every  man 
that  there  are  critical  periods,  which,  if  rightly  improved,  add 
many  years  to  his  age.  These  periods  regularly  recur,  and,  if 
not  improved,  that  man  never  lives  to  see  another.  The  fruc- 
tifying shower  does  not  always  fall,  and  the  sheltered  plant, 
which  needed  it  so  much,  will  die  long  before  another  comes. 
And  just  as  certain  is  it  in  this  time  of  “ great  awakenings,” 
that  multitudes  who  stand  under  the  spiritual  showers  but 
ward  them  off  by  feelings  of  indifference,  or  shame,  or  greed 
of  gold,  or  thirst  for  human  applause,  or  love  of  festivity, 
revelry,  and  mirth,  or  the  fatal  indecision,  which  is  the 
u Thief  of  time ! 

Year  after  year  it  steals,  till  all  are  fled, 

And  to  the  mercies  of  a moment  leaves 

The  vast  concerns  of  an  immortal  scene.” 

To  doubt  or  under-estimate  these  special  opportunities, 
because  they  are  unusual,  or  transient,  or  may  fail  of  perma- 
nent benefit  to  some,  is  to  be  like  a simpleton  gardener,  who 
protects  his  plants  against  the  shower  because  it  falls  at  an  un- 
usual season,  or  because  it  is  not  sufficient,  in  his  estimation, 
to  produce  any  other  than  a temporary  good  effect,  except  to 
a portion  of  them ; or  like  the  unthinking  invalid,  who,  racked 
with  torture,  refuses  to  take  the  soothing  medicament  because 
its  good  effects  may  soon  pass  away.  So  also  are  there  times 
more  than  ordinarily  propitious  for  the  securement  of  health 
and  the  prompt  arrest  of  the  advance  of  insidious  disease. 
Youth  is  the  time  for  the  former,  as  also  about  the  age  of 
forty  years.  As  to  the  latter,  ie  prompt  attention”  is  the  uni- 
versal rule,  given  at  length  in  our  new  book,  “ Health  and 
Disease.” 


FRATERNIZATION. 

Most  strange  affinities  are  taking  place  now-a-days,  in  the 
social,  religious  and  political  world,  and  not  less  in  the  world  of 
literature.  A missionary  from  the  very  far  west  writes,  “I  al- 
ways read  the  Journal  through,  also  Dr.  Rice’s  ‘ Expositor’  of 
Chicago,  I cannot  say  as  much  of  any  other  publication.” 


Fraternization. 


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From  the  banks  of  the  turbid  Missouri,  a lawyer  of  renown 
assures  us,  that  he  “expects”  to  take  Hall’s  Journal  of  Health 
and  the  Hew  York  Observer  as  long  as  he  lives.  A note 
comes  from  one  of  the  first  divines  in  modern  Athens,  “ when- 
ever I receive  the  ‘ Journal’  I read  it  through  on  the  spot.” 
A professional  gentleman  informs  us,  “ There  are  two  men’s 
writings  which  I intend  to  have  the  very  first  moment  of  my 
ability,  those  of  the  Editor  of  the  Scalpel , and  Journal  of 
Health.”  A Clergyman ! writes  us,  “ The  Water  Cure  Journal, 
Life  Illustrated,  and  Hall’s  Journal  of  Health  ought  to  be  in 
every  family  in  the  land.”  Another  man  thinks  the  Indepen- 
dant the  best  family  paper  extant,  and  his  wife  agrees  with 
him ! and  further,  that  it  and  our  Journal  are  indispensable  to 
their  comfort.  How  if  the  Journal  pleases,  and  strikes  the 
common  sense  of  persons  whose  views  so  widely  differ  in  the 
taking  of  other  publications,  the  inference  may  be  fairly  drawn 
that  it  ought  to  have  a’ circulation  wider  than  either  of  them, 
and  it  would,  if  each  of  its  friends  would  exhibit  the  same  zeal 
in  the  promotion  of  what  they  feel  to  be  useful  and  true,  as 
the  misguided  advocates  of  error  and  false  doctrine,  show  in 
their  alacrity  for  the  diffusion  of  the  specious  and  the  empty; 
but  error  is  too  often  up  and  away  by  morning  light,  while 
laggard  truth  lies  abed  until  breakfast.  Gentle  reader,  resolve 
to  break  in  upon  this  habit  for  one,  by  sending  us  the  names 
of  a dozen  persons  whom  you  love  and  esteem  best,  and  thus 
serve  truth  and  us  too. 


Extracts  from  Health  and  Disease,  by  Dr.  W.  W.  Hall. 

EEASOH  AHD  IHSTIHCT. 

The  power  which  sets  all  stars  and  suns  in  motion,  ordained 
that  it  should  be  kept  in  continuance  by  inherent  properties; 
we  call  it  gravitation.  That  same  power  started  the  complex 
machinery  of  corporeal  man,  and  endowed  it  with  regulations 
for  continuance  to  the  full  term  of  animal  life,  and  we  call  it 
instinct. 

The  irresponsible  brute  has  no  other  guide  to  health,  than 
that  of  instinct — it  is  in  a measure  absolutely  despotic,  and 
can  not  be  readily  contravened. 


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By  blindly  and  implicitly  following  this  instinct,  the  birds 
of  the  air,  the  fish  in  the  sea,  and  four-footed  beasts  and 
creeping  things  live  in  health,  propagate  their  kind,  and  die 
in  old  age,  unless  they  perish  by  accident  or  by  the  warfares 
which  they  wage  against  one  another,  living,  too,  from  age  to 
age  without  any  deterioration  of  condition  or  constitution  ; for 
the  whale  of  the  sea,  the  lion  of  the  desert,  the  fawn  of  the 
prairie,  are  what  they  were  a thousand  years  ago ; and  that 
they  have  not  populated  the  globe  is  because  they  prey  on  one 
another,  and  man  in  every  age  has  lifted  against  them  an  ex- 
terminating arm.  Man  has  instinct  in  common  with  the  low- 
er races  of  animal  existence,  to  enable  him  to  live  in  health, 
to  resist  disease ; but  he  has  in  addition  a higher  and  a nobler 
guide — it  is  Reason.  Why  he  should  have  been  endowed  with 
this  additional  safeguard,  is  found  in  the  fact,  that  the  brute 
creation  are  to  be  used  for  temporary  purposes,  and  at  death 
their  light  goes  out  forever,  but  man  is  designed  for  an  immor- 
tal existence,  of  which  the  present  life  is  the  mere  threslihold. 
He  is  destined  to  occupy  a higher  sphere,  and  a higher  still, 
until  in  the  progress  of  ages,  he  passes  by  angelic  nature ; ri- 
sing yet,  archangels  fall  before  him,  and  leaving  these  beneath, 
and  behind  him,  the  regenerated  soul  stands  in  the  presence 
of  the  Deity,  and  basks  forever  in  the  sunshine  of  his  glory. 

Considering  then,  that  such  is  his  ultimate  destination,  it  is 
no  wonder  that  in  his  wise  benevolence,  the  great  Maker  of  us 
all  should  have  vouchsafed  to  the  creature  man,  the  double 
safe-guard  of  instinct,  and  of  a diviner  reason  ; that  by  the  aid 
and  application  of  both,  his  life  might  be  protected,  and  pro- 
tracted too,  under  circumstances  of  the  highest  advantage  and 
most  extended  continuance,  in  order  to  afford  him  the  fullest 
opportunity  of  preparing  himself  for  a destiny  so  exalted,  and 
for  a duration  of  ceaseless  ages. 


TRUE  TEMPER  AH  CE . 

We  do  not  mean  a temperance  restricted  in  its  application 
to  spirituous  drink,  but  on  the  comprehensive  scale  laid  down 
in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  in  the  injunction  to  be  “Temperate  in 
all  things.”  While  it  is  quite  certain  that  those  who  begin  in 


True  Temperance.  M 

their  teens  to  adhere  to  a rational  temperance,  may  very  safely 
calculate  on  reaching  threescore  years  and  ten,  and  even  four- 
score, there  is  the  hope  which  example  and  uncontroverted 
fact  give,  that  even  if  health  is  lost  at  “ forty-five,”  a w7ise  tem- 
perance begun  and  continued  from  that  age,  promises  the  liv- 
ing in  comfort  and  happiness,  to  double  the  number  of  years ! 

Lewis  Cornaro,  an  Italian  nobleman,  gifted  and  rich,  yielded 
to  thg  depravities  of  his  nature,  and  at  the  early  age  of  forty- 
five,  found  himself  a wreck  in  fortune,  fame  and  health.  The 
physicians  whom  he  consulted,  being  familiar  with  his  ex- 
cesses and  his  reckless  character,  fortified  in  their  opinion,  by 
the  evident  fearful  inroads  which  disease  had  made  on  his  con- 
stitution, considered  an  attempt  at  restoration  so  hopeless,  that 
they  declined  bending  their  minds  to  the  preparation  of  a proper 
prescription,  and  to  save  themselves,  as  they  supposed,  a use- 
less trouble,  they  informed  him  that  he  was  beyond  remedial 
means,  and  that  the  best  thing  he  could  do  would  be  to  recon- 
cile his  mind  to  the  inevitable  event,  and  make  for  it  a Christ- 
ian preparation. 

He  at  once  determined  that  as  he  had  but  a short  time  to 
live  it  should  be  a merry  one,  and  was  about  casting  himself 
into  the  maelstrom  of  a drunken  vicious  life,  but  by  some  un- 
explained circumstance,  a freak  possessed  him,  that  at  one  ef- 
fort he  would  cheat  death  and  the  doctors,  by  entering  at  once 
upon  a life  of  the  most  heroic  self-denial,  and  become  in  all 
respects  a temperate  man.  So  precise  was  he,  that  he  weighed 
his  food  and  measured  his  drink  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
regained  his  health,  regained  his  possessions,  resumed  his  title 
and  his  social  position,  and  became  a happy-hearted  Christian 
minded  gentleman.  His  whole  nature  seemed  to  overflow 
with  kindness  to  all  his  race,  and  on  the  twelfth  of  March,  fif- 
teen hundred  and  sixty-five,  feeling  that  he  was  approaching 
the  termination  of  his  life,  and  reclining  on  his  cot,  the  excel- 
lent old  man  exclaimed  : “ Full  with  joy  and  hope  I resign 
myself  to  thee,  most  merciful  God.”  He  then  disposed  him- 
self with  serenity,  and  closing  his  eyes  as  if  about  to  slumber, 
gave  a gentle  sigh,  and  expired  at  the  age  of  “ ninety-eight 
years.” 


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NOTICES,  &c. 

Phonography  in  five  parts.  By  Andrew  J.  Graham,  conductor  of 
the  Phonetic  Academy,  New  York  ; author  of  44  Brief  Longhand .” 
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Apoplexy, 

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Cambric  Tea, 

Coffee, 

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Corns, 

Colds, 

Catarrh, 

Cooling  off  slowly, 

Chest,  Development  of, 
Crying  Curative, 

Chronic  Larynxitis, 
Consumption, 

Cough, 

Clerical  Rules, 

Choosing  a Physician, 
Cracked  Wheat, 

Corn  Bread, 

Corn  Dodger, 

Dyspepsia, 

Drinking  at  Meals, 

Decline, 


Dress,  How  to, 

Exercise, 

Eating, 

Eyes, 

Epidemics,  Conduct  in, 
Eruptions, 

Emergencies, 

Food, 

Fistula, 

Fruits, 

Flannel, 

Feet,  Care  of, 

Franklin’s  Death, 

Forresti,  Professor, 

First  Things, 

Fainting, 

Gymnasium, 

Health  Regained, 

Health  Lost, 

Health,  Essentials  of, 
Healthful  Evacuations, 
Horseback  Exercise, 

How  to  sleep  well, 

Hoe  Cake, 

Hominy, 

Health  of  Children, 

Instinct, 

Itchings,  Anal, 

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Inverted  Toe-Nails, 
Inflammation  of  the  Lungs, 
Irritation, 

Life’s  Great  End, 

Law  and  Lawyers, 

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Man  and  Beast, 

Morbid  Appetite, 

Mystery  of  Life, 

Mucous  Membrane, 

Nature  Resisted, 

Nature’s  Cure, 

Nature’s  Materia  Medica, 


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Spring  Diseases, 

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COFFEE  EOT 

have  already  been  sold ; and  the  de- 
mand from  all  parts  of  tbe  United 
States  is  rapidly  on  the  increase. 
Wherever  introduced,  it  has  given 
the  most  complete  satisfaction. 


THE  OLD  DOMINION  COFFEE  POT 

Hakes  better  coffee  than  it  is  possible  to  obtain  in  any  other  way  ; because,  by  an 
ingenious  but  simple  arrangement,  the  house-keeper  may  boil  her  coffee  for  any 
length  of  time  without  loss  of  aroma , thus  securing  all  the  elements  of  the  coffee  in 
their  natural  and  proportional  combinations. 

THE  OLD  DOMINION  COFFEE  POT 

Gives  a healthy  beverage.  Nervous,  dyspeptic,  and  bilious  persons,  who  had  no* 
dared  to  use  coffee  for  years,  have  been  able  to  drink  their  favorite  beverage  again 
when  made  in  this  new  boiler,  and  without  an  occurrence  of  any  of  the  old  unplea- 
sant consequences.  It  is  healthy  ; because,  by  the  use  of  a condenser,  evaporation 
is  prevented,  and  the  coffee  can  be  boiled  long  enough  to  release  all  the  natural 
elements  of  the  berry,  and  get  them  in  just  proportion  in  the  beverage. 

THE  OLD  DOMINION  COFFEE  POT 

Is  the  most  economical ; for  nothing  being  lost  by  evaporation  in  boiling,  one- 
fourth  less  coffee  is  required ; while  the  beverage  is  stronger,  more  fragrant,  and 
more  delicious. 

THE  OLD  DOMINION  COFFEE  POT 

Never  fails  to  do  its  work.  Cook  cannot  spoil  your  cup  of  coffee  by  noglect  or 
forgetfulness,  after  she  has  placed  the  boiler  on  the  stove  or  range. 


Quart  size.... 
Three-pint  size 
Two-quart  size 
Three  do 

Four  do 

Six  do 

Ten  do 

Sixteen  do 


$1  50  each. 

1 15  “ 

2 00  “ 

2 50  “ 

3 00  “ 

3 50  “ 

5 00  “ 

1 50  “ 


Larger  sizes  made  to  order. 


THE  OLD  DOMINION  COFFEE  POT 


Is  manufactured  under  the  patent  for  the  United  States,  by 

ARTHUR,  BURNHAM,  & GILROY, 

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E.  D.  BEACH,  M.  D.f 

(CINCINNATI,  OHIO), 


Gives  his  exclusive  attention  to  the  Medical  and  Surgical  Treatment 
of  the  various  kinds  of 

PILES  AND  FISTULA, 

in  which  he  has  been  successful,  without  the  use  of  the  cautery,  or  the 
knife ; nor  are  any  other  painful  or  dangerous  methods  employed. 

The  charges  will  be  moderate,  as  but  little,  if  any  medicine  is  given, 
in  ordinary  cases ; and  the  time  for  a complete  and  permanent  cure  is 
not  protracted. 

Clergymen  of  all  denominations,  who  are  dependent  on  their  salaries, 
will  be  treated  without  charge. 

To  the  educated  members  of  the  Medical  Profession,  every  facility 
will  be  afforded  for  obtaining  an  insight  into  Dr.  B.’s  method,  as  there 
is  room  enough  for  all,  and  it  is  desirable  to  spread  the  knowledge  of 
these  painless  cures,  as  wide  as  practicable,  among  educated  and 
honorable  practitioners  of  all  schools. 

The  heat,  and  dust,  and  odors  of  a city,  in  the  summer-time ; the 
expensiveness  of  hotels,  and  the  insuperable  difficulties  of  obtaining 
proper  food,  and  quiet  sleep,  at  all  seasons,  make  it  a matter  of 
considerable  importance  to  secure,  for  patients  who  may  have  to  remain 
a short  time  under  daily  observation  and  prescription,  the  pure  air  of 
the  country — its  peaceful,  quiet  nights,  and  that  plain,  fresh,  and 
abundant  fare,  which  only  the  country  can  give. 

Dr.  B.  will,  therefore,  accommodate  his  patients  at  his  own  dwelling 
— a few  miles  out  of  the  city,  within  a quarter  of  a mile  of  a railroad 
station,  yet,  so  secluded,  that,  except  on  the  passage  of  the  rail  train,  it 
is  difficult  to  feel  that  there  is  a city,  within  twenty-two  miles,  of  two 
hundred  thousand  people.  Patients  may  amuse  themselves  in  hunting, 
fishing,  roaming  among  the  hills,  waiting  for  the  daily  mail,  or  peering 
among  the  passengers  for  some  familiar  face.  Log -cabin  board  will  be 
afforded  at  one  dollar  a day,  for  five  days,  and  under ; over  that,  at  the 
rate  of  five  dollars  a week. 

Dr.  B.’s  office  is  at  No.  3 East  Fourth  street,  near  Main,  Cincinnati; 
where  he  will  be  found  from  Monday  morning  until  Tuesday  noon, 
and  from  Thursday  morning  until  Friday  noon;  the  remainder  of  his 
time  will  be  spent  with  the  patients,  at  his  residence. 

There  is  a continuous  line  of  railroad  from  Dr.  B.’s  door  to  St.  Louis, 
Chicago,  Charleston,  Baltimore,  Boston,  Philadelphia ; and  passengers 
are  only  one  night  out  from  Dr.  B.’s  house  to  New  York. 

Address, 

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Offer  for  sale,  at  their  Depot,  173  CAIVAL*  STREET,  and  will  furnish 
to  citizens  of  NewYork  and  Brooklyn,  at  their  dwellings , daily,  Sunday  excepted, 

BORDEN’S  CONDENSED  MILK. 


It  is  simply  pure  milk , from  which,  while  perfectly  fresh,  nearly  all  the  water 
has  been  evaporated,  and  to  which  nothing  whatever  is  added. 

A committee  of  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  after  a most  careful  investigation, 
unqualifiedly  recommended  it.  Owing  chiefly  to  its  density,  it  resists  much  more 
effectually  than  ordinary  milk  the  action  of  the  Atmosphere.  The  cream  does  not 
rise  until  it  is  diluted ; and  for  some  days  after  its  preparation,  it  is  not  only  sweety 
but  is  absolutely  equivalent  to  fresh  milk. 

Recommended  in  many  instances  by  Physicians  of  high  standing  for  infants  oi 
feeble  children,  its  uniformly  beneficial  effect  upon  them  is  perhaps  the  best  test 
of  its  purity  and  value. 

It  is  prepared  for  use  by  adding  water  until  the  taste  is  suited — its  richness  is 
wholly  under  the  control  of  the  consumer.  3 pints  of  water  added  to  1 quart,  make 
2£  quarts  equal  to  cream;  4 quarts  of  water  to  1,  make  5 quarts  of  rich  milk. 

It  is  quite  as  valuable  as  pure  milk  in  its  liquid  form,  for  all  purposes  for  which 
that  is  used,  and,  for  many,  is  much  superior.  It  is  prepared  for  sea  use , and  for 
families  desirous  of  having  pure  milk  always  at  hand , by  combining  it  with  refined 
sugar.  In  this  form,  it  will  keep  for  months,  and  will  be  found  excellent  for  tea, 
and  coffee  ; for  ice-cream,  custard,  pudding,  etc.,  etc. 

As  no  necessity  exists  for  daily  deliveries,  it  will  not  be  served  on  Sunday. 

Price  : 25  cents  per  quart.  Tickets  for  quarts  and  pints  may  be  had  at  the 
Depot,  173  Canal  street,  near  the  Bowery. 

New  York,  May  1,  1858. 

REFERENCES. 


Dr.  John  H.  Geiscom, 
Dr.  Robert  O.  Doeemtjs, 
Dr.  Benj.  F.  McCready, 
Dr.  Peter  Vanburen, 
Dr.  fl.  T.  Hubbard, 


Mr.  O.  D.  Munn, 

Mr.  Henry  Grinnell, 
Mr.  John  H.  Brower, 
Hon.  Erastus  Brooks, 
Mr.  Cornelius  Dubois, 


Mr.  Samuel  Milbank, 

Mr.  S.  H.  Wales, 

Mr.  D.  M.  Stone,  Brooklyn, 
Mr.  H.  H.  Blydenbubgh,  do. 
Dr.  W.  W.  Hall. 


GOAL  AID  WOOD. 


The  Subscriber  has  in  Yard,  and  is  constantly  receiving  during  the 
season  of  Canal  navigation,  the  various  kinds  of  Coal,  of  the  best  quality, 
suitable  for  family  use  and  other  purposes,  which  is  offered  at  very  low 
prices.  Now  on  hand  : 

LOCUST  MOUNTAIN  COAL, 

LEHIGH  COAL, 

PEACH  ORCHARD  (Red  Ash), 
LIVERPOOL  COAL, 

CANNEL  COAL,  and 

CUMBERLAND  COAL. 

All  of  which  is  carefully  selected,  carefully  weighed,  and  delivered  in 
good  order. 

The  ILocust  Mountain.  Coal  is  celebrated  for  its  purity,  and  is 
superior  to  any  other  kind,  for  burning  in  RANGES,  STOVES,  HEATERS, 
and  FURNACES. 

Also  constantly  on  hand,  the  best 

VIRGINIA  PINE  AND  JERSEY  OAK  WOOD. 


Orders  sent  to  either  of  the  undermentioned  places  will  be  promptly 
attended  to. 

THOS.  TRUSLOW,  JR. 

14  Wall,  200  Cherry,  and  265  East  Fourteenth  Sts., 
Mew  York. 

AND 

Foot  of  South  Seventh  and  South  Tenth  Streets, 
Williamsburg’. 


Prices  at  present  are,  for  ANTHRACITE  COAL,  $4.50  per  ton,  delivered 
direct  from  Boats ; $5.00  per  ton,  when  sent  from  the  Yard  re-screened. 
VIRGINIA  PINE  WOOD  at  $2.50  per  load,  and  OAK  WOOD  at 
$2.25  per  load,  all  delivered  free  of  Cartage. 

November  1,  1858. 


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The  above  named  Institution  is  pleasantly  situated  in  the  Town  of  Salem,  New  London  County, 
Conn.,  and  has  been  quietly  and  unostentatiously  doing  its  excellent  work  for  more  than  twenty 
years — it  differs  from  almost  every  other  Institution  in  the  United  States  in  these  particulars: 

Firstly. — Music  is  the  only  science  and  art  taught  in  the  Institution. 

Secondly. — A greater  number  of  teachers  are  employed  than  at  any  other  Institution  with  the 
same  number  of  pupils. 

Thirdly. — Lessons  are  given  daily,  and  hourly,  if  necessary ; the  pupils  being  at  all  times 
under  the  immediate  supervision  of  an  officer  of  the  Institution  during  practice. 

This  Institution  possesses  the  advantages  of  a retired  situation,  and  consequent  safety  from  all 
diverting  excitement — and  is  near  the  consecrated  ground  selected  by  that  favorite  author,  Ik 
Marvel,  for  the  conception  of  those  wonderful  reveries — where  may  still  be  seen  the  “ old  arm 
chair”  in  the  “ grove”  on  the  “ knoll,”  and  the  brook  running  near  it,  the  gate  which  still  swings 
on  an  oak — the  “ old  porch,”  and  the  “ vine.” 

It  is  retired  from  the  noise  and  amusements  of  city  life — has  an  able  board  of  teachers,  and  an 
unique  system  of  instruction,  well  adapted  to  secure  the  purpose  for  which  the  school  is  estab> 
lished.  Its  usual  number  of  pupils  is  about  thirty. 

At  the  recent  anniversary,  the  graduating  class  consisted  of  twenty,  to  whom  the  examining 
board  awarded  diplomas. 

The  young  ladies  who  receive  diplomas,  remain  at  the  Seminary  one  year.  They  practice  on 
the  piano,  or  other  instruments  five  hours  each  day — and  study  the  theory  of  music  about  three 
to  five  more,  and  are  required  to  pass  an  examination  in  presence  of  a board  of  examiners,  before 
receiving  the  honors  of  the  Institution. 

Attached  to  the  Institution  is  a farm  of  about  one  hundred  acres,  which  is  worked  in  a scientific 
manner  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Whittlesey.  Much  of  this  farm  is  under  very  high  cultiva- 
tion, and  furnishes  the  school  family  with  every  variety  of  vegetable  and  fruit  in  their  season. 

Last,  not  Least. — So  healthy  is  this  location,  and  so  well  are  the  pupils  cared  for,  that  during 
the  twenty  years  of  its  existence,  among  the  hundreds  who  have  been  its  inmates,  not  a single 
death  has  occurred  within  the  walls  of  this  Institution,  either  among  pupils,  teachers,  or  domes- 
tics, during  this  long  period  of  nearly  a quarter  of  a century.  Nor  has  any  pupil,  teacher,  or 
domestic,  ever  come  to  this  Institution  well  and  left  it  sick,  since  it  was  founded. 


REFERENCES. 

His  Excellency  William  A.  Buckingham,  Gbvernor  of  the  State  of  Conn.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

His  Honor  Chas.  J.  McCurdy,  Ex-Lieut.  Governor,  and  now  Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  Lyme,  Conn. 

Hon.  LaFayette  S.  Foster,  U.  S.  8.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Hon.  Elisha  Whittlesey,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hon.  Lyman  Trumbull,  U.  S.  S.,  111. 

8.  Belden,  Esq.,  Principal  Fruit  Hill  Seminary,  Providence,  R.  L 
Prof.  John  E.  Gould,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Lawrence  Van  Yalkenburg,  Troy.  N.  Y. 

Hon.  Charles  Clark,  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

Hon.  Ira  Harris,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Woodward,  Middle  Hadham,  Conn. 

B.  F.  Harrison,  M.  D_  Wallingford,  Conn. 

TERMS. 


For  Board  and  Tuition  per  single  quarter,  in  the  family  of  the  Principal,  with  daily  lessons, 
including  use  of  Piano,  and  rooms  with  fuel  and  lights,  $58,00.  Or  if  by  the  year,  $50,00  per 
quarter,  or  $200  per  annum. 

Yearly  scholars,  desiring  to  fit  themselves  for  teachers,  will  be  furnished  every  facility  for 
acquiring  a knowledge  of  Thorough  Bass,  and  the  Rules  of  Composition,  with  singing  lessons, 

together  with  extra  room,  lights  and  fuel,  per  quarter,  $5.00 

Lessons  upon  the  Guitar,  if  desired,  per  quarter, 8.00 

Lessons  upon  the  Grand  Double  Action  Harp,  two  per  week,  15.00 

For  those  who  wish  a stipulated  sum  for  the  Academical  year,  embracing  all  the  privileges  of 
the  Institution,  above  named,  we  will  say  (payable  as  above),  $250  per  annum. 

Washing  50  cents  per  dozen,  extra.  Yearly  Harp  scholars  will  be  furnished  with  a Harp  for 
practice  at  $4  per  quarter.  Use  of  Melodeon,  $1  per  quarter.  There  are  no  other  extras. 

Payments,  one-half  in  advance,  and  one-half  at  the  expiration  of  each  quarter.  From  tht 
above  named  terms,  there  will  be  do  variation. 

The  most  approved  and  fashionable  Music  furnished,  if  desired,  at  the  lowest  cash  prices. 

Pupils  are  requested  to  provide  themselves  with  napkins,  which,  together  with  all  articles  of 
clothing,  should  be  plainly  marked. 

The  shortest  period  for  which  any  pupil  is  received,  is  for  one  quarter,  of  eleven  weeks. 

The  school  is  perpetual ; but  an  absence  of  four  weeks  is  allowed  to  yearly  scholars. 

Lessons  out  of  the  Institution,  but  in  its  immediate  vicinity,  will  be  given  at  $25  per  quarter. 

Ladies  wishing  to  avail  themselves  of  the  privileges  of  the  above  named  Institution  will  please 
address,  ORRAMEL  WHITTLESEY,  Salem,  New  London  County,  Conn.  Should  there  be 
a vacancy,  they  will  be  notified  and  can  enter  immediately,  paying  from  the  time  they  enter. 
Catalogues,  or  any  other  desired  information,  relative  to  the  Institution,  obtained  by  addressing 
as  above. 

Parents  having  two  or  more  daughters,  whom  they  wish  to  give  a Musical  Education,  and 
desiring  to  be  with  them,  can  be  accommodated  with  separate  rooms  or  buildings  within  a 
hundred  feet  of  the  Seminary,  by  applying  at  least  three  months  previous  to  the  time  they  would 
desire  to  be  admitted,  by  paying  the  same  price,  and  in  the  same  manner  as  pupils— with  the 
exception  of  lights,  fuel,  and  room  rent,  which  will  be  furnished  at  rates  which  can  but  be 
satisfactory. 

THE  JOURNEY. 


The  pupil  has  only  to  write  to  the  Principal  of  this  institution,  and  he  will  immediately  for- 
ward the  necessary  directions  for  the  most  pleasant  and  expeditious  route ; also  a printed  pass 
from  either  New  London  or  Norwich. 

Carriages  and  horses,  under  the  management  of  safe  and  experienced  drivers,  will  be  con- 
stantly kept  it  readiness  at  both  of  the  above  named  places,  for  the  prompt  conveyance  cf  pupils, 
free  of  charge,  to  “Music  Valr.” 


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RETOUR  DU  JEUNE  HOMME  DANS  LA  FAM1LLE, 165 

REFLEXION,  - - 173 

LES  OISEAUX, 174 

LE  JARDIN  DES  PLANTES,  - 175 

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L'ELEVE  DE  RUBENS, .......  187 

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